episode_0066

Bang!!!

“Keuek?!”

Thud!!!

“Keah!!”

The red light’s slash scattered powerlessly, and filling the space was a flash of pure white light.

Each time the flash flickered, faint wounds increased on the red-haired man’s body. However, none of them were serious injuries that would lead to a fatal wound.

Perhaps more infuriated by that fact, the man gritted his teeth and glared at the opponent targeting him.

“Hero!!!”

“What, you bastard. Just block the sword.”

“!!”

Clang!!!

The holy sword fell as if pressing down.

The Red Demon used every last ounce of strength he could muster to wrap the red energy he had drawn out around his hands and block the holy sword.

However, the sword was pressing down with such force that it seemed as if it would split his head open at any moment, and he was barely stopping it with his trembling hands. If he let his guard down even a little, this sword would bisect his body as it was.

“Just what…are you…? A hero gaining this much power…I’ve never heard of it!…”

“Well, whether I’ve gained this much power or not is none of your business.”

Swoosh, Thwack!!

“Keoeok!”

He lightly kicked the Red Demon, who was barely managing to block the sword.

The Red Demon, sent flying like an arrow, crashed into a tree and stopped.

“Not getting up? You gonna die if you don’t get up right now?”

“?!”

Slice! Crack!!

He swings the sword playfully.

The pure white flash created from the sword’s tip flew straight and mercilessly cut through the spot where the Red Demon had been, then slammed into the ground, leaving a deep wound.

After hearing Leon’s warning, the Red Demon hurriedly got up and moved out of the flash’s range.

The Red Demon rolled on the ground, not caring that his whole body was covered in dirt and dust in order to survive, and trembled with humiliation.

But whether he felt humiliation or not was not important now.

“Starting to feel like talking yet? How about telling me which members on your side can take on the White Tiger? The Demonic Overlord? But if it were him, I don’t think even White Lotus would have survived. Are you going to talk or not?”

“Haa…, haa…. Just… why are you trying to find that out?”

“Do I need a reason to find out about the enemy? You’re asking the obvious. Are you stupid?”

Leon said, approaching the Red Demon.

The Red Demon swallowed hard, involuntarily, as he watched Leon slowly approaching.

Even though he seemed to be walking casually, there was no sound from his footsteps.

In this chaotic mountain, not even the sound of stepping on a common tree branch can be heard.

At the same time, he is balancing naturally on the uneven ground without any effort.

‘I’m going to die….’

Resist to the end? My head will be split open by that crude sword strike, and I’ll die.

Run away? I’ll be caught in an instant, my legs will be cut off, and I’ll die.

Death was the only option that came to mind for the Red Demon.

In the end, there was only one way: to induce carelessness by giving the answer the opponent wanted.

“…Okay. Fine, I’ll tell you.”

“Ha…, finally going to talk? If you had just spoken cleanly and quickly, we wouldn’t have had to go through all this trouble. And I think there are about…two people who might want to see you anyway.”

Even though he had said he would give up resisting, the opponent was not relieved.

He seemed to have relaxed his body, but he was still gripping the sword tightly, and the tip of the sword was emitting an eerie glow, radiating energy. It was emitting an aura of intimidation as if the sword would flash out and tear his entire body to shreds if he did anything foolish.

‘Monster bastard….’

He even stopped at a certain distance to block any unforeseen variables.

A perfect distance where his attack can reach immediately, but at the same time, my attack can’t reach.

He sighed deeply and glared at Leon as his last act of resistance.

“…Yes, even if it’s humans who inherited the White Tiger’s blood, I can’t take on the White Tiger himself.”

“I already know that, so hurry up and tell me.”

“…Sword Demon.”

“…What?”

It was Leon who was surprised to hear the Red Demon’s story.

What is the Sword Demon?

The Sword King’s first disciple and the person the Sword King asked him to kill if he ever met.

I thought it was just a fictional character, but he’s actually alive?!….

“The Sword Demon… was alive? No way!”

That can’t be.

The Sword King accepted the Sword Demon as a disciple 200 years ago, shortly after he earned the title of Sword King.

In other words, considering the time difference, it would have been at least 190 years ago.

The Sword King himself became a Highlander of the Goddess and was free from the limitations of lifespan, so he’s an exception, but generally, it’s impossible for a human to live for more than 190 years, even with modern medicine.

Was the Sword Demon not human, but another race?

“Right… your reaction. Judging from your reaction, I see. Your sword… a technique similar to the Sword Demon’s…. The Sword King’s technique, is it? Heh heh… Well… there aren’t many ways for a human to have that much power. If it’s the Sword King’s technique, then it makes sense.”

“Human?”

It makes even less sense.

A human has lived for that long?

How? By what method?

Questions piled up in his head in layers. And the conclusion he reached was simple.

“…Tell me. Where is the Sword Demon? Why is the Sword Demon acting with you guys? If you don’t tell me properly, I’ll make you beg to be killed.”

“……”

When he spoke while pointing his sword, the Red Demon suddenly stopped talking and lowered his head.

Then he quietly raised the corners of his lips and said.

“Is there really a need for that?”

“What nonsense…”

【Intuition】

At that moment, a chilling sensation washed over him.

He fully understood what this sensation meant. That’s why his actions were fast.

A golden light of dawn surged from the white holy sword.

【Intuition】+【Counterattack】+【Aura】

Clang!!!!!

A red flash of light that came from who knows where collided with the golden flash of dawn.

The aftermath of the collision on the surroundings exceeded common sense. A great destruction that far surpassed the destruction caused by the White Tiger.

Even as the surroundings were completely collapsing and everything was flying away, only two beings maintained their positions in the midst of the destruction.

“….”

‘….’

They look at each other.

A brief moment of silence, and after the silence passed, the two immediately took their stances.

“Sword King Secret Technique”

“Sword Demon Secret Technique”

“Earth Cleaving”

“Sky Cleaving”

The sword energy of both sides collides.

The golden flash of dawn plunges down, and the greedy red light surges into the sky.

Screech! Screech! Screech! Screech!

The moment the swords collide, a nauseating sound as if the world is distorting is heard. Like the gears in a machine breaking and distorting.

“?!”

As a result of the power struggle that made the world scream, the greedy red light gradually ate away at the golden light of dawn and began to push back his sword.

It wasn’t that the opponent’s energy was strong enough to overcome his power.

Rather, the power itself was equal, or even he was more dominant.

Nevertheless, the energy he had put on the sword gradually weakened, and at the same time, the opponent’s power increased.

The reason for the gradual difference was not difficult to understand.

As if it was devouring his power, the light of the sword the Sword Demon was holding was gradually turning into a stronger red light. He could easily infer that the sword was absorbing his power and converting it into the Sword Demon’s power.

Clang!!!

Slash!

“….”

“….”

Pure white hair as clean as can be, and deep blue eyes that are so calm that it’s impossible to know what they’re thinking.

A girl who looks like a child of about 14 years old and has a small physique, yet exerts an overwhelming power that is hard to imagine coming from her build.

This is the Sword Demon.

The Sword King’s disciple who once destroyed an entire nation single-handedly.

“…The same swordsmanship as my master.”

“Yes. And yours is the same, but slightly different. Did you improve it?”

“That’s right.”

The Sword Demon, who nodded coolly, glanced at his sword for a moment, then glanced at the Red Demon next to the Sword Demon.

The Red Demon, noticing the Sword Demon’s gaze, lowered his gaze and said.

“I lost the White Tiger. I’m sorry, Sword Demon.”

“…It’s okay. Let’s go back.”

“I understand.”

At the Sword Demon’s words, the Red Demon lowered his head and replied.

These guys have caused all sorts of chaos and are trying to run away like this?

“Hey, stop. Who said you could leave?”

He grabs the Sword Demon and the Red Demon, who are trying to return. He grips his sword again and glares at the Sword Demon, preparing to launch a serious strike this time.

But the Sword Demon quietly met his gaze and said.

“Are you going to do more?”

“Of course.”

“…You are strong, but you can’t beat me.”

“Whatever.”

Certainly.

That sword is quite tricky. In any game, any ability or item that absorbs the opponent’s power and makes it their own is difficult to deal with, but at the same time, such weapons are usually just for overpowering weaker opponents.

Even if his side is a club pretending to be a holy sword, now that he has grasped the characteristics of the opponent’s sword, the same situation as before will not happen.

“…It’s not just the difference in swords, you won’t have time.”

“No time? What nonsense is that?”

“…I sent the Demonic Overlord to the Jeonggi Bureau of the Yeom Country.”

“?!”

Who, who did you send where?!

You sent the Demonic Overlord to the Jeonggi Bureau of the Yeom Country?!

“I don’t mind fighting you… but can you quickly subdue me and head to the Yeom Country?”

“You bastard….”

“….”

As he glared with gritted teeth, the Sword Demon quietly moved her feet.

And the Red Demon, watching his expression, followed the Sword Demon and disappeared.